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Table 14: Ongoing employees: age group by gender, 31 December 2002 to 31 December 2016

Table 14: Ongoing employees: age group by gender, 31 December 2002 to 31 December 2016

Men

Age group (years)

December

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Source: APSED

Under 20

67

73

48

52

98

105

73

43

28

48

58

51

29

37

39

20-24

1755

1890

1644

1808

2107

2417

2236

2011

1886

1864

1695

1365

1001

899

1126

25-29

4845

4898

4653

4841

5382

5848

5884

6151

6271

6366

6198

5707

4864

4347

4353

30-34

6678

6964

6644

6811

7021

7138

6939

6972

7138

7508

7643

7762

7236

6976

6879

35-39

7550

7485

7292

7571

8013

8384

8436

8459

8360

8286

8061

7891

7432

7369

7605

40-44

9699

9796

9266

9125

9131

9001

8746

8727

8800

9005

9052

8886

8476

8195

8032

45-49

10088

10284

10229

10427

10633

10790

10553

10327

10030

9810

9354

9048

8578

8316

8485

50-54

9186

9612

9596

9837

10244

10517

10527

10599

10669

10797

10613

10406

9649

9186

8839

55-59

3882

4336

4707

5139

5523

5869

6044

6369

6680

6917

7014

7203

6669

6756

6747

60 & over

1403

1662

1835

2087

2503

3000

3399

3842

4158

4550

4622

4894

4494

4648

4656

Total men

55153

57000

55914

57698

60655

63069

62837

63500

64020

65151

64310

63213

58428

56729

56761

Women

Age group (years)

December

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Source: APSED

Under 20

94

88

70

103

185

238

184

131

118

119

98

66

44

62

79

20-24

3310

3416

2883

3066

3761

4377

4183

3886

3492

3403

2914

2345

1605

1425

1749

25-29

8501

8829

8667

9173

10267

11137

10887

10848

10843

10670

10138

9335

7805

6943

6993

30-34

9798

10562

10722

11334

11887

12424

12338

12427

12597

12902

12831

12531

11636

11301

11024

35-39

9821

10064

10022

10884

11846

12717

12913

13195

13057

12899

12677

12579

11999

11888

12159

40-44

9977

10491

10839

11689

12137

12428

12307

12188

12263

12610

12777

12868

12433

12159

12076

45-49

8368

9076

9423

10711

11615

12522

12827

13181

12986

12901

12522

12250

11496

11358

11768

50-54

6657

7216

7568

8561

9271

9896

10398

10862

11366

11852

12070

12229

11857

11701

11633

55-59

2999

3480

3921

4710

5124

5646

5963

6375

6673

6979

7119

7572

7275

7749

8095

60 & over

906

1116

1318

1624

1955

2378

2653

3081

3425

3732

3903

4252

4024

4294

4555

Total women

60431

64338

65433

71855

78048

83763

84653

86174

86820

88067

87049

86027

80174

78880

80131

Total

Age group (years)

December

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Source: APSED

Under 20

161

161

118

155

283

343

257

174

146

167

156

117

73

99

118

20-24

5065

5306

4527

4874

5868

6794

6419

5897

5379

5267

4609

3710

2606

2325

2875

25-29

13346

13727

13320

14014

15649

16985

16771

16999

17114

17037

16338

15044

12671

11292

11347

30-34

16476

17526

17366

18145

18908

19562

19277

19399

19735

20410

20474

20293

18872

18277

17905

35-39

17371

17549

17314

18455

19859

21101

21349

21654

21417

21185

20738

20470

19431

19257

19764

40-44

19676

20287

20106

20815

21269

21430

21054

20915

21063

21615

21829

21754

20909

20354

20108

45-49

18457

19361

19653

21138

22248

23312

23380

23509

23017

22712

21877

21299

20074

19674

20253

50-54

15843

16828

17164

18399

19516

20414

20926

21462

22035

22649

22683

22635

21507

20889

20474

55-59

6881

7816

8628

9849

10647

11515

12007

12744

13354

13897

14134

14776

13945

14505

14842

60 & over

2309

2778

3153

3711

4458

5378

6052

6923

7583

8282

8525

9146

8518

8943

9212

Total

115585

121339

121349

129555

138705

146834

147492

149676

150843

153221

151363

149244

138606

135615

136898

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